Purse Snatching
NOTE: I do not in any way shape or form advocate purse snatching (by this I mean running up from behind and ripping the bag off a woman's shoulder. This is sloppy and dangerous, you might as well be a mugger. Purse snatching doesn't require any skill and is brutal.) Howerver don't confuse purse snatching with opportunity pickpocketing, where you find the bag unattended and take it.
These are examples of unattended purses, which are fair game. This usually occurs when a woman either leaves her bag somewhere for a moment, giving a thief the chance to take it. The back of a chair, the passanger seat of a car, the front of a shopping cart are all places where this can occur. The taking of an unatended purse is not "purse snatching" but rather opportunity pickpocketing...which brings us to...
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